Liberal Morons

So, got a political flyer in the mail yesterday. I read it over and it leaves me to conclude one of three things.

1. Liberal Health Critic Carolyn Bennett is an idiot.

2. The Liberal Party of Canada is stupid.

3. The Liberal Party of Canada and Liberal Health Critic Carolyn Bennett believe people living in northern Manitoba are complete idiots.

I suspect it's all of the above, but I'll be generous and suggest it's only one of these things.

So, the pamphlet . . .

It's an attempt to capitalize on the "body bag scandal" that came to light just over a month ago. For those of you not familiar with this overblown, factually inaccurate, politically idiotic "scandal," allow me to explain.

As part of preparation for the upcoming flu season, and the potential pandemic results, nursing stations in northern Manitoba were told to "order big" when it came time to order supplies. ALL supplies. And yes, among those medical supplies were body bags which, in addition to their obvious purpose, are also important in preventing transmission of infection from the dead person to others.

At one nursing station up north, 100 body bags were ordered ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE SUPPLIES IN THE "ORDER BIG" SHIPMENT. In fact, only 38 body bags were shipped, again, along with the rest of the supplies.

Now, the two paragraphs above came to light two weeks ago following the "investigation" by Health Canada.

But four weeks ago, before asking any questions, someone, somewhere, saw the body bags, or the order, and decided it was time to make political hay.

Head Liberal moron Michael Ignatieff, rather than search for facts, called on the Conservative government for an apology, as if somehow, the Members of Parliament were directly responsible for ordering medical supplies for nursing stations in northern Manitoba. Sadly, the Conservatives, again, without searching for the facts, issued an apology, as did Health Canada.

I must give a little credit, however to Conservative Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq who at least left the door open for a reasonable explanation. While she apologized for the body bag delivery, according to the Toronto Star, she did warn her Liberal critics to avoid trying to sensationalize the mistake.

Good advice. But the Liberals weren't listening and, apparently, still are not listening.

"I was born and raise in remote communities," Aglukkaq said, and I understand the challenges better than anyone. That's why I have met frequently with First Nations organizations. Anyone suggesting that our government solution to H1N1 is body bags is sensationalizing this situation."

So, the investigation went forth and the results are listed above. Nasty flu season coming. Order big when it comes to all supplies. Body bags are among supplies and, as such, were "ordered big." Even Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Grand Chief Ron Evans called the "scandal" nothing more than "a communication breakdown more than anything else." That was just under two weeks ago. So, end of story, right?

No. This brings me to yesterday when I received the political flyer, from the Liberal Party of Canada, in my mailbox. The headline? No vaccines, just body bags."

Beneath the headline is a picture of what is supposed to be an Aboriginal child, looking sad and sick, her poor little hand on her poor little forehead with a digital thermometer in her mouth.

(Note to the Liberal marketing geniuses: You really should have used a conventional thermometer, with mercury in it, for the picture. Makes it just that little bit extra pathetic. You're welcome.)

Among the shotgun blast of accusations in the pamphlet are the lines:

"When First Nations in northern Manitoba asked for help to prepare the Conservatives answer was to ship them body bags. Not the kind of preventive help they had in mind."

"Now the Harper Conservatives respond callously to H1N1 by shipping body bags. It's clear they have no idea how to protect the health and safety of Canadians."

So I'm back to the top. Either the Liberals aren't aware of what has happened, or they are just plain stupid. This "problem" was examined, a more than reasonable explanation was found and even the Grand Chief is saying it was nothing more than a communication breakdown.

Because here it is, two weeks after this "scandal" was proven to be nothing more than political haymaking, and the Liberals are still trying to blame the Harper Conservatives for a non-existant issue.

So what is it?

Are they morons? Or do they believe people in the north are morons?

Oh, and as a final little kicker: Online feedback is requested by the Liberals in their little flyer. I'm asked to go to http://feedback.liberal.ca/bodybags to provide an opinion on this issue, and others.

I went to the site, to provide a little feedback and I get the message:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

I'm left with only one possible answer to the questions above. The Liberals are morons.